So since I went public with my earlier battles inside NDTV and called out the hypocrisy of ranting at the Press Club as Anti – Establishment crusaders while desperately seeking help of the BJP ministers and party leaders privately, many of the responses of support have been overwhelming : thank you. Some questions were also raised which I would like to address here along with some points of my own.

1. Why didn’t I speak earlier? Oh But I certainly did- on many emails (my hacked emails capture some of these fights ironically) and via multiple verbal arguments. In fact I spoke so much that by October neither the owners nor the key editors were talking to me any more ! It’s just that while I worked there I did so within the confines of the newsroom as I thought going public was indecorous. Yet, the management told me.that my not batting for them in public in defence of their decision to drop Interviews was a “betrayal.” So is the suggestion that I should have done what a former colleague just did : dissent in public , embarrass the organization, claim the high moral ground and yet conveniently stay on ?! I prefer my route : fight ferociously within and when staying gets untenable because they actively punish you for fighting – you quit. I speak as an ex employee. I am free to do so. Puzzled that my internal argument was a betrayal but a former colleagues public lashing is acceptable! Or is it that the organization is in such a dire place today that it cannot afford to reprimand him in the way it did me ?!

2. The most tired cliched response I’ve heard – when folks can’t come up with anything else is – “But they defended you during Radia tapes controversy”. I have spoken multiple times on that issue -in my book, in interviews, and guess what, even on TV , when I faced a panel of tough questioners for over an hour! Now, did NDTV owners and management subject themselves to a similar one hour grilling by peers from the industry on how they managed their books and on allegations of financial skulduggery – charges way more serious than the ones against me? If not, why not ?. Secondly, while we are on the tapes how many people know that Ms Radia speaks on the tapes of helping NDTV owners – the nearly 400 crores loan came thereafter. The Caravan story on NDTV sought to credit / blame me for this loan when I argued that all I spoke to her about was a news story and I gained nothing more than information. Caravan was wrong: I knew nothing about that loan till much much later when news media reported it. And since I have never held a management position or a financial one ever, even while being a full time employee, I was never going to be made part of any such negotiation. So when we speak of the Radia issue, let’s also examine her role in the financial help she speaks of offering NDTV owners. Haven’t heard much debate on that have we ? I wonder why.

3. Other places are much worse say some:; NDTV tries more than others : SURE. I am adult enough to know that stories are killed in many newsrooms. I am also adult enough to know that in times of existential crisis we would all reach out for help – to govt or to whoever could offer it. The difference is others don’t pretend; they don’t act morally superior and smug and above everyone else. They don’t claim to be something they are not. They don’t stand at Press Club and saw Don’t Crawl while seeking appointments with BJP head honchos by night. This has not been denied by NDTV simply because there are enough witnesses to these meetings and phone calls and they can’t deny them. I am not suggesting any help was offered – the best I know , pleas for help have been soundly rejected. But what’s important is the help was sought while the public pretence carried on.

4. All my life I have lived by what I believe in: sometimes it makes me popular ; sometimes deeply unpopular. So too with this decision. I strongly stand by every word and am open to a no – holds barred debate with any former colleague provided they talk specifics and not in breezy generalisations about legacy and mentoring. many other examples have come to memory since then : how NDTV initially disallowed and dropped the story on National Herald : how it made me edit portions of a Taslima Nasreen interview- the list is endless. And the paranoia with which PC interview was made to vanish – so that even traces of it do not exist on the website today. No lawyers were vetting that one were they ?! So where did it vanish ? And why ? In all these cases no defamation suits we’re involved !

5. Finally for me this is not a right wing or left wing issue. The examples I have detailed involve both the Congress and the BJP and speak to hypocrisy. I am not an activist who is going to cover some things in a shroud of silence because one or the other side could benefit. That is not my concern. I say what I think and what I feel. I would have spoken a lot earlier but when NDTV was raided by the CBI thought my comments would be seen to hit them when they are down. So I was quiet for a bit. But the recent post by a former colleague quoting censorship as an abberation- a knowing falsehood- triggered me to speak my mind. And I am very very glad I did.

By the way – for those caught in the notion of some enforced loyalty- after two decades of work at NDTV – the Owners did not meet me to tell me to my face that I was being punished for being argumentative – maybe they were embarrassed or uncomfortable or didn’t care – that’s their right; they sent their CEO instead to offer me a non daily news role. Even a request by me to buy at market rates my footage from the Kargil war was turned down. So forgive me for being done with this whole notion of loyalty as mouth- silencer. Somewhere along our journey our scores definitely evened out.

I recall two of my peers and friends from the industry had a lot to say when they exited their erstwhile channel a few years ago. So it’s not as if others in the media have not had their say about their experiencences. I fully intend to have mine – without apology or defensiveness and with standing by every syllable. Neither approval nor criticism would steer my mind. Thanks for reading. over and out “

Though Rahul Gandhi is slowly getting maturity* in politics but Gujarat didn’t voted INC to power since 1985 when it won149 seats and 55.55% votes – 1990 – 33 seats, 1995 – 45 seats, 1998 – 53 seats for about 32 years and not getting clear majority in Lok Sabha since 1984 or (33 years and by 2019 elections 35 years) when it won 404 seats in Lok Sabha polled 49.1% votes and BJP just 2 seats and 7.74% votes. Under Rahul Gandhi INC in 2014 recorded worst ever defeat.

*I closely examined his Speeches in Gujarat – on serious Issues which people have already read in newspapers and when People Start Clapping he Smiles and he Immaturely Thinks he has won the Election THAN HAMMERING THE ISSUE FURTHER.

On issue of CAPITATION FEES – he pretended to have heard it first time – on issue of IITs Higher Learning he didn’t emphasize were all started by his elders – some of his leader was Quoting ‘Hoover Dam’ than BHAKRA DAM plus many thousands. On issue of Stagnant MSME Creditwhich is Negative or below inflation, there was 48.6%growth in last 2 years of UPA-II. Properties not SELLING and Crash in Property value affects all.

When talks of JOBS & STAGNANT WAGES he doesn’t talk of Workers Not Getting BONUS and Pensioners not Getting Diwali eve ALLOWNCES & EARLY Release of October pension.

When he talks to Hardik Patel he doesn’t talk to other Farm Leaders in Gujarat [and India] and talk to ‘Like Minded Political Parties’ who may cut Congress Vote Share also.

1975: This year is most important in Political History of India – Emergency was declared and entire Opposition Ganged Up against Indira Gandhi. In Gujarat Congress was reduced to 75 Seats and 40.7% votes, Congress (O) Polled 23.6%, Kissan Majdoor Party 11.53%, Independents 11.58%. BJP won 18 seats just 8.82%.

Congress Can’t be Winning When Scindia, Pilot, Jakhars & Raj Babbar represent Farmers. MSP increase in UPA-I translated in to 205 seats, had UPA-I and later invested even 30% of Resources in Rural India it wouldn’t have lost any election. Junk Useless Leaders – INFOSYS inducts over 25% New Staff – Cut 15% Every Year

When Demonetization was announced at 8 PM a year ago within a minute after getting the confirmation I checked Rs.100 notes, I had four not even one days household expenditure.

It was most TERRIBLE thing in my life. Wrote blog immediately but Congress, Rs.500 Cr a year party was even behind AAP in ‘Condemning’ it. Poor suffered the most – had practically no money in hand – can’t be paid for wages in old currency.

I expected INC next to, like ‘Namak Satyagraha’ buy and sell goods in Old Currency and Lead the Opposition.

New Delhi, October 30, 2017 – Honda Cars India Ltd, leading manufacturer of passenger cars in India today announced that its bestselling premium sedan Honda City has sold 7 lakh units since its first introduction in the country in 1998. The car, now in its fourth-generation version, enjoys a huge brand loyalty and a special place in the hearts of the customers. India being the largest and most important market for the Honda City, currently accounts for over 25% of the car’s worldwide sales.

Speaking about the milestone achievement by Honda City in India, Mr. Yoichiro Ueno, President & CEO, Honda Cars India Ltd said, “Honda City is our bestseller model in India and the only premium sedan to achieve cumulative sales of 7 lakh units in the country. With a strong legacy of four generations, the City brand has evolved with the changing tastes and aspirations of our customers. We thank all our City customers for their patronage of the brand.”

“India has always been a strong market for Honda City and currently accounts for 25% of its worldwide sales. It’s a complete package of sporty looks with advanced safety, superb driving performance, high fuel efficiency, best comfort and a rich equipment list. We hope the Honda City will retain its much-loved brand status in the years to come,” he added.

Honda City journey in India to 7 lakh cumulative sales in India and beyond:

Cumulative sales Milestone

Achievement

First introduction

January 1998

100,000 Sales

March 2005

200,000 Sales

October 2007

300,000 Sales

March 2010

400,000 Sales

September 2012

500,000 Sales

November 2014

600,000 Sales

February 2016

700,000 Sales and counting

October 2017

Generation-wise sales of Honda City in India

Cumulative sales in India since launch

7 lakhs

Fuel Type

1st Generation City (1998 – 2003)

59,378

Petrol

2nd Generation City (2003 – 2008)

177,742

Petrol

3rd Generation City (2008 – 2013)

192,939

Petrol

4th Generation City (2014 – till current period)

269,941

Petrol/Diesel

Honda City is a highly successful sedan with presence in over 60 countries, registering cumulative sales of 3.6 Mn units. Currently in its 4th generation, the Honda City delights the customers with some of the best in class range of technology, design, exterior and interior features. Available in Manual Transmission (both Petrol and Diesel) and Advanced CVT petrol, the Honda City adopts the best of Honda’s powertrains to achieve a perfect balance of performance and fuel economy.

Honda Cars India Ltd., (HCIL) leading manufacturer of passenger cars in India was established in December 1995 with a commitment to provide Honda’s latest passenger car models and technologies, to the Indian customers. HCIL has two state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities at Greater Noida, U.P and Tapukara, Distt. Alwar, Rajasthan.

The company’s product range includes Honda Brio, Honda Jazz, Honda Amaze, Honda City, Honda WR-V, Honda BR-V and Honda CR-V – which are manufactured in India. The Accord Hybrid is being sold as a CBU imported from Thailand. Honda’s models are strongly associated with advanced design and technology, apart from its established qualities of durability, reliability and fuel-efficiency. The company has a strong sales and distribution network with 348 facilities in 234 cities across spread across the country.

Surprise demolition by BMC is emerging as the main reason of burning of hundreds of shanties

BMC is up for second phase of demolition without offering any relief/rehabilitation

Civic body flouted basic norms to be followed before any eviction

Police harassing the evicted persons who are living in open and have nowhere to go

Mumbai | 29-10-2017: In what is appearing as the most brutal demolition drive carried out by Mumbai Municipal corporation (BMC) that led to burning of hundreds of shanties of poor, the civic body is up for second phase of demolition without offering any relief or rehabilitation to the evictees.

The demolition driving was in complete violation of basic norms that needs to be followed before an eviction. BMC issued a 48 hours’ notice prior to the demolition drive, however, it came down to demolish shanties merely after 15 hours in a total surprise manner without even allowing people to save their belongings or move to a safer place. Instead BMC is putting blame on the slum dwellers for causing fire to save their house. If someone believe BMC then one can imagine the magnitude of helplessness if someone goes to the extent of burning his/her house to save it!

Seriousness of a 48 hours’ notice can be understood by the order of the Bombay High Court passed on Friday in which it stayed the demolition of another slum which was not served such notice prior to the demolition. Activists of Ghar Bachao Ghar Banao Andolan pointed this out before the Bombay High Court on Friday when the revenue officials came to demolish the slum in Four Bungalows in Versova named Siddharth Nagar. This slum is saved as of now.

Those who have been evicted from Garib Nagar are left to live in open without any rehabilitation or relief offered to them. Even this was not enough, police kept on thrashing those living on road and even threatening to arrest the evicted persons.

Since the demolition was surprise in nature, nobody got the chance to save their belonging. There is a greater chance of bursting one or the other gas cylinder that were kept in almost all the houses. Locals even allege that the power supply was not cut before carrying out the demolition. BMC’s cold heartedness can be seen in the videos in which bulldozer found continuing demolition even when houses were burning.

The demolition is being carried out at the behest of a Bombay high Court’s order. The Court ordered removal of shanties near the Tansa pipeline. However, nowhere in the order did the Court ask the civic body to resort to such brutalities. Eviction have been taking place in other parts of Mumbai of the shanties near Tansa pipeline followed by rehabilitation, however in no other case such atrocities were faced by the shanty dwellers.

Putting blame for causing fire, on the poor resident with least representation becomes easy and easier especially when it is a Muslim majority settlement.

Evicted persons are getting two times meals from local community kitchen, thanks to local shopkeepers and residents efforts.

We demand:

Criminal action against the concerned officer of BMC for carrying out demolition without following the eviction norms and the 48 hours’ notice.

Rehabilitation of all those evicted

Relief material and enough cash compensation to all those who lost their homes in the fire

Sunday, October 29, 2017

INDRA 2017, a major Russia-India military exercise, has come to an end outside Vladivostok, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Sunday. “Heads of [the Russian Navy] Pacific Fleet and Eastern Military District, Indian armed forces, honor guards from navy ships, naval infantry, ground troops and [the] two countries’ Air Forces took part in the closing ceremony,” the ministry said in a statement. This year’s exercise involved numerous warships, combat aircraft, marine and infantry units from the Russian and India

Berlin fire brigades declared a state of emergency on Sunday with severe storm ‘Herwart’ barreling along the northern coast of Germany. Since early morning, there have been 100 weather-related missions in the German capital, the fire service said in a tweet. German railway company Deutsche Bahn is preparing storm operations, as is the city of Hamburg. Neighboring Austria is also preparing for the storm, with the capital Vienna closing public parks and gardens.

Just imagine had RIL been selling its petroleum products at International Commodity Trading Exchanges – Can it sell Rs.19,970 Per Tone Petroleum Products at Rs.29750 Per Tone? Answer is IMPOSSIBLE, that why I believe it to be Money Laundering.

Before confirming the above headlines I wanted to be sure – on page 172 of the petro stats it clear that Spot Price of Petrol at Singapore Trades was $56.49, Diesel $58.14, Aviation Turbine Fuel $58.27 all US Dollars per barrel for June2016.So there is practically no difference in prices of Petrol, Diesel & ATF – India trading petroleum bulk products.

Bengaluru, 27th October 2017: The semifinals are over at the FIBA U16 Women’s Asian Championship and Team India will face Malaysia in the finals of Division B to get back into the Division A. In Division A, Japan will face Australia. India defeated Kazakhstan in the semifinals to reach the finals.

Division B

Semifinal-1

India beat Kazakhstan 77-40

In the last game of the day, we witnessed another dominant performance from team India beating Kazakhstan 77-40 in the semifinals. It was a slow start for India in the first quarter as compared to their previous game but they covered for it in the second quarter by outscoring Kazakhstan 27-9. India continued their lead towards the end of the third quarter as well, after which Head Coach Zoran Visic brought the bench players in to finish the game.

Once again India’s star forward Vaishnavi Yadav filled the score sheet with some incredible stats recording 21 points, 15 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steels. India had 4 players scoring in double digits, guard Neha Karwa added to the excitement with her dynamic style of play with 11 points from her. Centre Pushpa Senthil Kumar had a double-double of her own with 16 points and 16 rebounds. Captain Sanjana Ramesh led the teams’ defense with 5 blocks and 9 rebounds.

Semifinal-2

Malaysia beat Iran 85-68

Classification Game (6-7)

Nepal beat Maldives 72-32

Division A

Semifinals

Australia beat China 86-46

Japan beat New Zealand 97-65

Classification Games(5-8)

Korea beat Hong Kong 109-63

Chinese Taipei beat Thailand 97-65

Basketball Federation of India or BFI is the governing and controlling body of basketball in India, and is responsible for the development and promotion of the sport at all levels. BFI has been involved in conducting camps, clinics, events, and training sessions at its academies for the development of basketball. BFI came into being in 1935 and took complete control over Indian basketball in 1950. Prior to that time, the Indian Olympic Association handled the conduct of Indian basketball championships. Since 1950, the BFI has been conducting various such championships, from the grassroots to senior team participation in international tournaments. In addition, the BFI has been responsible for the establishment of strong sub-junior and junior level programs. The BFI has to its credit produced several international players of repute, among them 17 have been bestowed with the honour of Arjuna Awards. Earlier in June 2015, Satnam Singh Bhamara made history by becoming the first Indian national to be drafted by an NBA team, when he was selected by the Dallas Mavericks. More information at www.basketballfederationindia.org

Bihar, four people were killed and two others are stated to be critical after consuming illicit liquor in Rohtash district of the state. The incident occurred at Danwar village under Kachchawa police station of the district.

The Deputy Inspector General of Police Mohammad Rahman told AIR in charge of the police station has been suspended. He said a strict action will be taken against excise department officials after an investigation.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has ordered the inquiry into the incident. Mr.Kumar asked concerned authorities to submit it’s reported immediately.The DIG along with the District Magistrate and the Superintendent of Police reached the spot to take stock of the situation. There is a complete ban on consumption of alcohol in Bihar.

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